Louis Seigner

In occupied France during the WWII, a German officer is murdered. The collaborationist Vichy government decides to pin the murder on six petty criminals. Loyal judges are called in to convict them as quickly as possible.

L'Eclisse was the final film in Antonioni's informal trilogy on contemporary malaise (following L'Avventuraand La Notte), a series of films that redefined the concept of narrative cinema.